Machine for delivering magazines and the like



H. A. W. WOOD.

v MACHINE F-OB DELIVERING MAGAZINES AND THE LIKE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29. m1. RENEWED APR. 1.5, 1921.

gamma Oct. 4, 1921.

H.- A. W. WOOD.

MACHINE FOR DEL IVER ING MAGAZINES AND THE LIKE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29, 1911. RENEWED APR. 15. 1921.

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MACHINE FOR DELIVERING MAGAZINES AND THE UKEL APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29, 1917- RENEWED APR. 15, 1921.

Patented Oct. 4, 1921.

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H. A. W. WOOD.

MACHINE FOR DELIVERING MAGAZINESAND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29.19l7- RENEWED APR. 15.192]. 1,392,471.

Patented Oct. 4, 1921.

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UNITED s "Ares HENRY A. WISE W001i, on NEW YORK,

PATENT OFFICE.

N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO WOOD NEWSPAPER MACHINERY CORPORATION, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., 'A CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA.-

MACHINE FOR DELIVERING MAGAZINES AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 4, 1921.

Original application filed September 7, 1910, Serial No. 580,870. 'Patent No. 1,232,639, dated July 10, 1917. Divided and this application filed June 29, 1917, Serial No. 177,652. Renewed April 15, 1921.

Serial No. 461,677.

To all whomc't may Concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY A. WISE WOOD,

a citizen of the United States, residing at I,

'andthe like, of which the followingis a specification. Y

This is a division of my Patent No. 1,232,639, granted July 10," 1917, on amachine for making magazines and the like filed Sept. 7, 1910, Serial No. 580,870. 7 1 This invention relates to the art of delivering books, magazines, and newspapers which are made up of several signatures, varying in character of paper and number of pages. Y

The principal objects of this invention are to provide a magazine, book, or newspaper making machine with an improved feeding and delivery device constructed and arranged to deliver a whole magazine, book or news-. paper at a single operation. The invention also involves improvements in combinations of parts and details of construction as will appear.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a diagrammatic side view of a magazine making machine constructed in ac cordance with thisinvention;

. Fig.2 is a side View of the delivery;

Fig. 3 is an end elevation thereof;

Fig. 4 is a plan of a portion of the gather ing drum showing delivery mechanism adjacent thereto;

Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic side view showing another form of gathering device that can be used in place of that shown in Fig.1.

As has been stated this invention has been made so that practically a whole magazine, or the like, may be delivered at a single opcration. The whole'book is produced at a single operation, so to speak, and it is delivered immediately ready for sale, at a very high rate of speed. The several features of the invention center about a gathering device R, shown in Fig. 1, in the form of a large.

. mechanism B, B, operatingin the usual or decks arranged on .one or both sides of the gathering device. Fig. 1 shows a four deck web printing press A,'A A A, provided with anydesired or usual kind of inking any well known way. Any number of presses canbe arranged around the gathering device and a second one A is indicated in dotted lines. If desired also the press or presses can be located in this dotted line or any other convenient position instead of the full line position. The decks are intended: to deliver all of their printed products to the gathering device R.

The cylinders C ofthis press are divided up having a plurality of plates both longi tudinally and circumferentially. For the purpose of illustration each of these plate cylinders may be provided with thirty-two plates arranged in four circles of eight plates each, that is, each cylinder has four plates I along the cylinder and eight around it. These can all be original plates in some cases ortwo sets of duplicate ones in others. 'With this arrangement each press can be made to print thirty-two impressions on a web at each revolution. The web, having four impressions across it, is slit to form four webs. It will be understood of course that plate cylinders having different arrangements of plates can be used to print a smaller or larger number of pages and that any kind of inking mechanism is employed so as to print in black or colors as desired,

Located adjacent to the plate cylinders C are slitting devices D each having slitting cutters opposite circumferential spaces between the plates. Each deck also is provided with turning bars E, so as to cross and associate the webs and bring them to a onepage width or two-page width as desired. With a space between these narrow webs this allows two similar or difi'erent magazines to be delivered at the same time.

In the form shown in Fig. 1, the upper lower deck A and A are shown as at:

ranged to produce four webs each, and mechanism is provided by which after these webs The two center decks A and A are shown p delivering eight-page signatures from two cutting, collecting and folding devices F.

[It will be understood ofcourse that if the magazine requires a different number or sizes of signatures of this kind at this point the presses will be run in a different way, as for example, each of the center decks may run its webs to one of the devices F or some of the webs may be omitted altogether if that is required by the conditions. In that case one or more of the collecting devices F will be idle.

The combined cutting, collecting and folding devices can be constructed as is now common in this-industry. It will be under-j stood, of course, thata plurality of elements are located along the operating surface of the gathering device to take the signatures from the several printing machines or decks and deliver them to the gathering device which takes them up and delivers them in theprope'r order to the delivery cylinder which will be described hereinafter.

In addition to what has'been described it is to be understood that the presses or decks referred to neednot be of the same character, as it is one express purpose of this invention to provide for using many types of printing presses in the same machine. In this character of work it is common to use both flat sheet bed and rotary web presses, and it is preferred that the ordinary highspeed web presses be employed for the work that has been described above, and that flat presses be employed for the kind of work that has to be done more carefully and accurately and at a slowspeed, while a less high grade of work may be done by a press designed for the purpose.

Whatever form of press is used for producing the main product and the ordinary signatures of the magazine, and whatever inserts and smaller signatures, it will be obvious from consideration of Fig. 1' that these various products will be delivered one by one to the gathering drum R in a predetermined order, and'that during a complete revolution thereof the entire magazine will be applied to it, except the cover. The next step in the operation of this machine is to deliver this product, making the least possible number of alterations in the ordinary delivery device, so that theentire magazine is produced by the machinery without handling the signatures or even the stapled product. For thispurpose I have shown a delivery device P (Figs. 2, 3 aud t) involving a delivery member in theform of a cylinder 79 having pins 12 and astripper p for taking individualportions :of the product from the gathering drum.. This delivery device is shown as providedwith an endless chain mechanism p having hooks p on the delivery side thereof'which receive the several signatures, inserts, or the like, one by one, preferably, back of a guide on its delivery side and the hooks support the signaturesxand inserts soas to lower'them on a support p which'projects out between the strands of the chain so that the signatures The endless chain itravels downwardly and sheets are left upon itas. the hooks .dee

scend. A plunger 72 is then broughtup automatically, by mechanism not herein shown in full,'so as to push the signatures or the like back in the collating device p of which the support p 'forms the bottom. They are held in place by hooks p; Periodically, that is,

when the material for a complete magazine.

has been introduced into the collating: box, the bottom pf is shifted so as to allow'the' whole bunch-ofsheets and signatures todrop' down between guides p where they are-held firmly in position and are stapled by at sta' pling device 39 not shown in detail( Thenby other automatic mechanism the bottom:

7/ of this box is withdrawn so as topermit the stapled inside of the magazine to fall down between nipping rolls 7) .where'it engages a cover which has been fed in from the side. This cover is fed in from a cover board 9' by nipping rolls g "controlled by-afeed gage g and: is'taken by ta es to the guides in awel'lknown way. n passing to these guides iii-receives paste froma past-- ing device 9" so that when the: nipping rolls p feed the bottom of the magazine down the pasted portion of the cover comes under the back of the inside. Both are drawn down through the lowernipping rolls 7) into a delivery box p which is provided with a plunger p working in a wellknown carried from one place to another by hand or human agency of any kind.

Although the gathering device has been referred to and shown throughout as a drum, it will be understood that other types of gathering devices can be employed. One of them as shown in Fig. 5 In this figure the main presses can bethe same as heretothem to a delivery which can be of the same character as that already described. 7

While I have illustrated and described only one form of the invention and of different parts thereof, I am aware that many modifications can be made andthat as far as most of the features of the invention are concerned,they do not depend upon the de-' tails of construction. Therefore I do not wish to be limited to the details of construction shown, except as expressed in the claims, but what I do claim is 1. In a delivery, the combination of a delivery member 'for receiving the sheets andsignatures to be delivered, a traveling conveyer having means'thereon in position 7 to receive each sheet or signature as it passes over the delivery side of the delivery member to support the same, a collating box having a reciprocating bottom past which the conveyer is adapted to move and normally projecting out into position to extend under the sheets and signatures as they are lowered, means for collecting a plurality of bundles of sheets or signatures in the collating box, and means for periodically withdrawing said bottom to permit said bundles of. sheets and signatures to drop from the collating box. I

2. In a deliver the combination ,ofa delivery cylinder liaving pins for receiving the sheets and signatures to be delivered, a traveling conveyer having hooks therein in position to, receive each sheet or signature from the pins as it passes over the delivery side of the cylinder to support the same, a

guide for holding the sheet or signature in position to rest on the hooks, and a collating box below the guide having a bottom past which the conveyer is adapted to move and projecting out into position to extend under the sheets and signatures as they are lowered on the hooks, whereby as each-set of hooks descends below said bottom asheet or signature will be deposited thereon.

3. In a delivery, the combination of a delivery cylinder having means for receiving the sheets and signatures to be delivered, a traveling conveyer to receive each sheet or signature as it passes over the delivery side of the cylinder, a guide for holding the sheet or signature in position, a collating box below the guide having a bottom past which the conveyer is adapted to move and proj ecting out into position to extend under the sheets and signatures as they are lowered and having means for collating the sheets and signatures into a bundle and dischargof travel. 7 Y

4. In a delivery, the combination of a delivery cylinder for receiving the sheets and signatures to be delivered, a traveling conveyer having means thereon in position to receive each sheet or signature as it'passes over the delivery side of the cylinder, a collating box having a bottompast which the conveyer is adapted to move and projecting out into position to extend under the sheets and signatures as they'are lowered, whereby as each sheet or signature des'cends it will be deposited thereon, and means for pushing back the sheets and signatures in bundles in the collating box.

5.111 a delivery, the combination of a conveyer to receive each sheet or signature, acollating box having a bottom pastwhich the conveyer is adapted ,to move and in position to extend under the sheets and'signatures'as they are lowered, means for collecting a plurality ofbundles ofsheets or signatures in the collating box, means for periodically withdrawing said bottom to permit said bundles of sheets and signatures to drop from the collating box, and means for'receiving said bundles.

6. In afdelivery, the, combination of a delivery cylinder for'receiving the sheets and signatures to be delivered, a traveling conveyer'having hooks thereon in position to receive each sheet or signature as it passes over the delivery side of the cylinder to support the same, a guide for holding the 7 sheet or signature in position to rest on the hooks, a collating box below the guide having a bottom'past which the conveyer is adapted to move and projecting out into position to extend under the sheets and Signatures as they are lowered onthe hooks,

means for collecting a plurality of bundles of sheets or signatures in the collating box, means for periodically withdrawing said bottom to permit said bundles of sheets and signatures to drop from the, collating box, and means below the same for receiving said bundles. 7

7. In a delivery, the combination of a de livery forreceiving the sheets and signatures to be delivered, a traveling conveyer to receive each sheet or signature, a guide for holding the sheet or signature in. position, a collating box below the guide having a bottom past which the conveyer is adapted to move and in position to. extend drawing said bottom to permit said bundles of sheets and signatures to drop from the collating box, and means for receiving said bundles. 1

'ing .them without changing their direction 8. In a delivery, the combination of a delivery member for receiving the sheets and signatures to be delivered, a traveling conveyer having means thereon to receive each sheet or signature as it passes overthe' dles, and means below said bottom for feeding the stapled bundle down when the last named bottom is withdrawn.

9.- In a delivery, the combination of means for receiving the sheets and signatures to be delivered, a traveling conveyer having means thereon to receive each sheet or signature as'it passes over said means, abottom past which, the conveyer is adapted to move and in position to extend under the sheets and signatures as they are lowered, whereby as each sheet or signature descends to said bottom, it will be deposited thereon, means for periodically withdrawing said bottom to permit the sheets and signatures to drop, means for receiving them, the last named means having areciprocating bottom, and

means for feeding the bundle down when the last named bottom is withdrawn.

10. In a delivery, the combination of means for receiving the sheets and signatures to be delivered, a travelingconveyer having means thereon to receive each sheet or signature-as it passes over said means,

a bottom past which the conveyer is adapted to move and in position to extend under the sheets and signatures as they are lowered, whereby as each sheet or signature descends to said bottom, it will be deposited thereon, means for periodically withdrawing said bottom to permit the sheets and signatures to drop, means for receiving them, the last named means having a reciprocating bottom, means for stapling the bundles, and means for feeding the stapled bundle down when the last named bottom is withdrawn.

11. In a delivery, the combination of means for receiving the sheets and signatures to be delivered, means to receive each sheet or signature as it passes over said means, a bottom in position to extend under: the sheets and signatures as they are lowered, whereby as each sheet or signature descends it will be deposited thereon, means for periodically withdrawing said bottom to permit a bundle of sheets and signatures to drop, a second reciprocating bottom for receiving them, means for stapling the bundles, and means for feeding the stapledbun dle down when the last .named bottom is withdrawn. or V 12. In a delivery, the combination of a traveling conveyer, a collating box having a bottom past which the conveyer is adapted to move and projecting out into position to extend under the sheets and signatures as they are lowered thereon, means for peri-' odically withdrawing said bottom .to permit said sheets and signatures to drop from the collating box, a second reciprocating bottom below the same for receiving them in bundles, means over the last named bottom for stapling the bundles, means below said bottom for feeding the stapled bundle down when the bottom is withdrawn, and

means for feeding covers under the last,

bundle down when the bottom is withdrawn, and means for feeding covers under the last named bottom and for applying paste thereto, whereby said covers .will be fed forward with the bundles. v

' 14. In a delivery for'magazine making machines, the combination of means for receiving bundles of sheets and signatures havinga reciprocating bottom, means over the bottom for stapling the bundles, means below said bottom for feeding. the stapled bundle down when the bottomis withdrawn,

means for feeding covers underrthe bottom and for applying paste thereto, whereby said covers will be fed forward with the bum dles, means for feeding the collected bundles and coversdownward, means for receiving the same,-andmeans for periodically pushing the completed magazines forward out of the way oiithose'wliich are entering the same receiving means. 7

15. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a pair of endless chains movable longitudinally, a series of devices carried by the endless chains for receiving sheetsforsignaturesand carrying them along by the chains, a plurality of devices arranged adjacent to the chains for feeding a plurality of sheets or signaturesthereto, and means for delivering said sheets or signatures from the chains one at atime and collecting them. r

16.;In a machine of the character 1 scribed, the combination of a pair of endless chains arranged parallel with each other and each one adapted to move longitudinally, the adjacent strands of the two chains being movable in the same direction, means on'said chains for receiving a plurality of sheets or signatures each at a different point along the chain, and means located adjacent to said strands of the chains for delivering the sheets and signatures 10 from both of them and collecting the same.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature. 7 HENRY A. WISE WOOD. 

